Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #167 from Laws and Legislation Related to Slavery and Free Blacks in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (1642-1860)

Date 1786
Law/Legislation Bill (not passed)
Jurisdiction DE
Title An Act for the gradual Abolition of Slavery
Description/Full Text
Additional Information Bill read for second time on January 13, 1786; referred to a Committee; Read again on January 19
Source Proceedings of the Assembly of the Lower Counties on the Delaware, 1770-1776, the Constitutional Convention of 1776, and of the House of Assembly of the Delaware State, 1776-1781;page 309
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